1948 ⟶ Canada Lifts Ban on Margarine
Canada lifts the ban on margarine.
Year
1869
1886
1948
🧈 Invention of Margarine
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès invents margarine, winning the prize offered by Napoleon III to invent a suitable substitute for butter. The original substitute however used beef suet rather than vegetable oils.⟶
MargarineMège-MourièsButter SubstituteNapoleon IIIIndustry19th Century
France
